Artificial flower



Dec. 19, 1922.

M. ERMAN ET AL.

ARTlFlclAL FLOWER.

FILED MAY-21,1921.

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@falliti Slliwl' y MARIYA ERB/IAN AND JUSTINA IIJLIJIOVSK, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

ARTIFICIAL FLOWER.

Application filed May 27,

waukee andy State of lllisconsiinhave in-v vented new and useful Improvements in Artiiicial Flowers, of which the following is a description, reference beingr had'to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements `in artificial leaves or petals and method of making the saine. v e

One of the obfects ofthe invention is to provide a leaf or petal of such construction that it will bear amore strikingresemblance to the natural leaf or petal which is simulated, than has been possible to obtain heretofore. u

A further object of the invention is to provide a leafor petal ofy simple and dufahle construction' and which may be econoniically manufactured.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel method of constructing the leaf or petal.

The invention consists in thenovelvconsti-notions and arrangements to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out A the above stated objects and such other objects as will appear from the following description of a certain preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereiny Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a spray ofiflowers and leaves constructed according y to the principles of the invention;

Fig'. 2 isa side elevational view, on an en larged scale, of a folded leaf embodying the principles of the invention;

Fig-2% is an elevational view of the leaf shown in Fig. 2 after beingunfolded; and

Vig. 4t is a transverse sectional view of a leaf partially unfolded.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several views.

The frame which forms the outline of the leaf or petal to be made comprises a piece of easily bendable wire 6 which is formed in any desired manner so as to provide a plurality of convolutions, corrugations or depressions 7, the wire being shaped so as to provide a frame the outline of which conforms substantially to the outline of the leaf or petal to be formed. The extremities 1921. Serial N0. 472,994.

8 of the wire arepreferably left plain, that is to say, not provided. with convolutions and are twisted together to form the stem `9r of the leaf or petal. t

The space enclosed `v ithin the frame thus formed may be covered in any desired manner, but is preferably covered by winding ra cord lO, transversely, first, around that portion of the wire which forms one side of the leaf or petal and then around thatr portion of the wire which forms the opposite side of the leaf or petal, and so on back and forth from oneend of the leaf to the other untily thespace within the frame is entirely covered substantially as shown in thedrawings, particularly in Fig. 3, the two ends of the cord being secured'to the-frame to prevent unwinding thereof. In order to form the central vein of the leaf or petal, a portion l0 `of thecord l0 is stretched from one end ofthe yframe to theother across the transverse portions l0 of the cord, substantially as shown in Figmp. The preferred way of filling inthe space enclosed by the leaf or petal is to attach one end of the cord to the lower part of the leaf or petal and then wind the cord transversely around the frame from bottom to top and then bring the free end of the cord down from the top of the 'Fio- 2 so as to 0ive every an aearfince of a as b ll leaf not yet unfolded. The numerous convolutions in the wire forming' the frame give the appearance of a ragged edge which is characteristic of a large number of leaves. By making the convolutions rather large the ragged edged appearance is more pronounced than the case when the convolutions are made rather small. The wire 6 may be covered with a (ine cord of any desired color and the cord l0 may be of any desired color, preferably having a lustrous or silky finish. The cord is preferably somewhat loosely twisted and not being` drawn very tight across the frame, the result is that the space enclosed by the frame is substantially n completely covered and when the proper colors are used, the leaf or petal has a very striking resemblance to a natural. leaf or petal. ,Ey twisting the stems of several leaves or petals together a spray or cluster may be readily formed. Then several of the petals are thus grouped together the appearance of natural flowers may be closely simulated by intertwining short cords l1 of the proper color to represent the stamens. By taking` 'two frames and positioning one of them substantially at rig-lit angles to the other and then Winding the cord transversely around the frames the appearance of a natural unfolded bud may be closely simulated, as shown at l2 in l.

Te claim:

l. An artificial leaf or petal comprisinga length of a Wire, the central portion of which is provided with a plurality of relatively closely spaced convolutionsr` and bent back upon itself in spaced rela-tion to form a frame, the end portions vof said Wire being` straightand twisted together to form a stem; and cords extendingtransversely of said france,l seated in adjacent convolutions thereof7 to substantially completely fill' the space Within said fra-me.

2.' An artificialvleaf or petal comprising a Wire formed with a plurality of relatively closely spa-ced depressionsand shaped so as to provide a frame,- the outline of which conforms substantially to theoutline-of the leaf'on petal .to be formed, and cords ex-` tending transversely from cach depression in the wire on one side of said frame to a corresponding depression in the Wire on the opposite side of said frame to lill in the space Within said frame.

3. An artificial leaf or petal comprising a Wireformed with a plurality of relatively closely spaced depressions and shaped so as to provide a frame` the outline of which conforms substantially to the outline of the leaf or petal to be formed, and a cord secured at'one end to said frame and Wound transversely therearound in adjacent depressions from one end to the other to lill in theV space Within said frame, the lfree ends of the cord being` secured to the frame.

4l. An' artificial leaf or petal comprisinga coiled Wire, the convolutions of which are relatively closely spaced, said wire being; shaped so as to provide a frame, the out line of which' conforms substantially to the outline of the leaf or petal to be formed, cords extending transversely of said frame seated inadjacent convolutions to lill in the space Within said frame7 and a cord extending' from end to end of the leaf or petal thus formed across said transverse cords for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures.

MARIYA Ell-MAN. V JUSTINA LAMOVSEK. 

